Rupa Chilvers
@rchilvers.bsky.social
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@rchilvers.bsky.social
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Exeter AI Maker Space
Want to try some of the AI tools for everyday life or try asking AI to make you web apps or just get coffee and listen? Come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
If you are in #Exeter and would like to join an AI Maker space this Tuesday, I am facilitating discussions and you can try some making using AI, like web apps, images and more. 6pm, Glorious Art Cafe, Fore Street - great for novices and experimenting with AI - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exeter-ai-...
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Emotional safety: The foundation of connection.
@caralyn-b.bsky.social draws on her professional and personal life to consider ‘the invisible thread that allows people to bring their truest and most authentic selves forward’.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@caralyn-b.bsky.social draws on her professional and personal life to consider ‘the invisible thread that allows people to bring their truest and most authentic selves forward’.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Emotional safety: The foundation of connection.
@caralyn-b.bsky.social draws on her professional and personal life to consider ‘the invisible thread that allows people to bring their truest and most authentic selves forward’.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@caralyn-b.bsky.social draws on her professional and personal life to consider ‘the invisible thread that allows people to bring their truest and most authentic selves forward’.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Starting the day with when life gives you lemons quote.... @ccchilvers.bsky.social says take out the seeds the seeds, prep them and plant it. I am loving the Left Brain Buddha take on this - share.google/0l0BJtS7rHRf... #HappyWednesday everyone
When Life Gives You Lemons... - Left Brain Buddha
We've all heard it... "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!" But it's not that easy, right? What if, instead, you just sat with your lemons?
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Starting the day with when life gives you lemons quote.... @ccchilvers.bsky.social says take out the seeds the seeds, prep them and plant it. I am loving the Left Brain Buddha take on this - share.google/0l0BJtS7rHRf... #HappyWednesday everyone
Just catching up with the news and wondering what might come of this @exetercouncil.bsky.social
Constituents are horrified that #StLoyes Exeter City Councillor shouted at a hotel outside her city boundary and constituency.
Claims made by the Lead Campaigner for #Honiton & #Sidmouth Conservatives were disputed by hotel management and 2 county cllrs.
seatonmatters.org/2025/09/02/c...
Claims made by the Lead Campaigner for #Honiton & #Sidmouth Conservatives were disputed by hotel management and 2 county cllrs.
seatonmatters.org/2025/09/02/c...
Controversial Tory councillor shouted ‘migrants are a danger to British women’ outside hotel housing women asylum seekers
Cllr Alison Sheridan speaking at the Hampton hotel far-right protest, 23 August The complaint to Exeter City Council about Tory councillor Alison Sheridan concerns far more than ‘wearing official I…
seatonmatters.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Just catching up with the news and wondering what might come of this @exetercouncil.bsky.social
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Exeter’s shaping a new Culture Strategy – and your voice matters 🎭📚🎨
We want to hear what culture in Exeter means to you and how it should grow in the years ahead.
More: news.exeter.gov.uk/your-chance-...
We want to hear what culture in Exeter means to you and how it should grow in the years ahead.
More: news.exeter.gov.uk/your-chance-...
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Exeter’s shaping a new Culture Strategy – and your voice matters 🎭📚🎨
We want to hear what culture in Exeter means to you and how it should grow in the years ahead.
More: news.exeter.gov.uk/your-chance-...
We want to hear what culture in Exeter means to you and how it should grow in the years ahead.
More: news.exeter.gov.uk/your-chance-...
If you are in #Exeter and would like to join an AI Maker space this Tuesday, I am facilitating discussions and you can try some making using AI, like web apps, images and more. 6pm, Glorious Art Cafe, Fore Street - great for novices and experimenting with AI - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exeter-ai-...
Exeter AI Maker Space
Want to try some of the AI tools for everyday life or try asking AI to make you web apps or just get coffee and listen? Come along.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If you are in #Exeter and would like to join an AI Maker space this Tuesday, I am facilitating discussions and you can try some making using AI, like web apps, images and more. 6pm, Glorious Art Cafe, Fore Street - great for novices and experimenting with AI - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exeter-ai-...
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Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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How does training data volume affect performance of #DeepLearning model for #LungCancer? https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.240636 #ChestRad #cancer #training
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
How does training data volume affect performance of #DeepLearning model for #LungCancer? https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.240636 #ChestRad #cancer #training
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For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
August 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
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CFIR user guide is out! Honored to be on this team. Distribute widely and give us a shout with any suggestions for what the CFIR Leadership Team should work on next to build the science of D&I. #impsci #publichealth #healthservicesresearch implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) User Guide: a five-step guide for conducting implementation research using the framework - Implementation Science
Background The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) is a determinant framework that includes constructs from many implementation theories, models, and frameworks; it is used to pr...
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
CFIR user guide is out! Honored to be on this team. Distribute widely and give us a shout with any suggestions for what the CFIR Leadership Team should work on next to build the science of D&I. #impsci #publichealth #healthservicesresearch implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Personal health data from more than 485,000 women has been stolen after hackers accessed the IT systems of a cervical cancer screening programme in the Netherlands.
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/08/hack...
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/08/hack...
Hackers breach cancer screening data of almost 500,000 women
Personal health data from more than 485,000 women has been stolen from a cervical cancer screening programme in the Netherlands.
www.digitalhealth.net
August 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Personal health data from more than 485,000 women has been stolen after hackers accessed the IT systems of a cervical cancer screening programme in the Netherlands.
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/08/hack...
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/08/hack...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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'Early Morning', linocut by Olesya Dzhurayeva, contemporary Ukrainian printmaker #WomensArt
August 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
'Early Morning', linocut by Olesya Dzhurayeva, contemporary Ukrainian printmaker #WomensArt
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A systematic review of sleep, sedentary behaviour, physical activity and health-related quality of life in youth
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>British Journal of Health Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Purpose
This systematic review summarizes the associations between sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity and HRQoL in children and adolescents.
Methods
PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and SPOR.....
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A systematic review of sleep, sedentary behaviour, physical activity and health-related quality of life in youth
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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"Given the strength of the scientific evidence and the urgency of the public-health costs, we urge the scientific community and policy makers to recognize the addictive potential of ultra-processed food and its consequences."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now is the time to recognize and respond to addiction to ultra-processed foods - Nature Medicine
Nature Medicine - Now is the time to recognize and respond to addiction to ultra-processed foods
www.nature.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Given the strength of the scientific evidence and the urgency of the public-health costs, we urge the scientific community and policy makers to recognize the addictive potential of ultra-processed food and its consequences."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A super nice write up by @jasonpohl.bsky.social of our #ucberkeley based and #NIH funded research on patient memory for treatment and the science of habit formation @abctnow.bsky.social #mentalhealth #psychology #psychologysky #psychscisky #habits #memory #clinicalpsychology
In search of a way to improve humans' faulty memories and bad habits - Berkeley News
In a new paper, Allison Harvey, a UC Berkeley psychology professor, says lessons from science can help everyone instill good habits — and even lead to more effective patient treatments.
news.berkeley.edu
June 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A super nice write up by @jasonpohl.bsky.social of our #ucberkeley based and #NIH funded research on patient memory for treatment and the science of habit formation @abctnow.bsky.social #mentalhealth #psychology #psychologysky #psychscisky #habits #memory #clinicalpsychology
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Joy Feasley,
Last picnic 2007,
US artist whose work is inspired by folk and craft traditions #WomensArt
Last picnic 2007,
US artist whose work is inspired by folk and craft traditions #WomensArt
June 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Joy Feasley,
Last picnic 2007,
US artist whose work is inspired by folk and craft traditions #WomensArt
Last picnic 2007,
US artist whose work is inspired by folk and craft traditions #WomensArt
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How do we define 'successful' scale up? What influences this?
In our latest paper we found that 'success' was a combination of scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes and contexts...
Read more about it here: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
In our latest paper we found that 'success' was a combination of scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes and contexts...
Read more about it here: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
Scale-up influences and definitions of scale-up ‘success’: evidence from globally scaled interventions
Influences on scale-up and definitions of scale-up ‘success’ that include scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes, and context.
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
How do we define 'successful' scale up? What influences this?
In our latest paper we found that 'success' was a combination of scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes and contexts...
Read more about it here: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
In our latest paper we found that 'success' was a combination of scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes and contexts...
Read more about it here: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
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NHS Scotland has published a tender worth £206 million seeking a cloud solution to consolidate HR, finance, payroll and procurement processes across the country’s regional health boards.
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/06/nhs-...
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/06/nhs-...
NHS Scotland publishes £206m tender for cloud integration solution
NHS Scotland has published a tender worth £206m seeking a cloud solution and systems implementer as part of a software-as-a-service overhaul.
www.digitalhealth.net
June 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NHS Scotland has published a tender worth £206 million seeking a cloud solution to consolidate HR, finance, payroll and procurement processes across the country’s regional health boards.
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/06/nhs-...
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/06/nhs-...
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with women’s health provider, Aneira Health, to develop an AI-enabled women’s healthcare service for staff.
ow.ly/7kkr50W0744
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ launches AI-enabled women's health service
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Aneira Health to develop an AI-enabled workplace healthcare service for women.
ow.ly
May 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with women’s health provider, Aneira Health, to develop an AI-enabled women’s healthcare service for staff.
ow.ly/7kkr50W0744
ow.ly/7kkr50W0744
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More of this please.
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity
JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
More of this please.
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
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A half hour deep dive conversation on all aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion in science from the situation in the US to my own experience to the joy of science.
Have a listen!
www.scienceorfiction.co.uk/p/why-is-div...
Have a listen!
www.scienceorfiction.co.uk/p/why-is-div...
Why is diversity important in science?
Watch now | Diversity, equity and inclusion programmes have been cut and research grants are being pulled in the US. We discuss why diversity is needed in science.
www.scienceorfiction.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A half hour deep dive conversation on all aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion in science from the situation in the US to my own experience to the joy of science.
Have a listen!
www.scienceorfiction.co.uk/p/why-is-div...
Have a listen!
www.scienceorfiction.co.uk/p/why-is-div...
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved the use of 11 robotic surgery systems in the NHS, to help transform care for thousands of patients undergoing soft tissue and orthopaedic procedures.
Full story 👉 ow.ly/BJhr50VCfsN
Full story 👉 ow.ly/BJhr50VCfsN
NICE approves 11 robotic surgery systems for use in the NHS
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved the use of eleven robotic surgery systems in the NHS.
ow.ly
April 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved the use of 11 robotic surgery systems in the NHS, to help transform care for thousands of patients undergoing soft tissue and orthopaedic procedures.
Full story 👉 ow.ly/BJhr50VCfsN
Full story 👉 ow.ly/BJhr50VCfsN
More reason to bring diversity and inclusion as part of how we solve the wicked challenges we have and recognise these contributions. That is, not a side topic in our daily work 👇🏽
TLDR: Academics from low-income backgrounds are more like to push the needle on science, but less likely to receive credit for doing so. 🥴
#econsky #academicsky
#econsky #academicsky
Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to
- not publish
- have outstanding publication records
- introduce more novel scientific concepts
- less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.
www.nber.org/papers/w33289
- not publish
- have outstanding publication records
- introduce more novel scientific concepts
- less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.
www.nber.org/papers/w33289
December 24, 2024 at 7:52 PM
More reason to bring diversity and inclusion as part of how we solve the wicked challenges we have and recognise these contributions. That is, not a side topic in our daily work 👇🏽